ferocious flame, firefighters are starting to get an upper hand. that s the good news. we have reporters, as always, all over the country covering these major stories for you. i want to start out with sandrasandra endo and let s begin with athena. athena, nearly 4 million homes are without power from indiana to player land from the brutal storms, the death toll is climbing. what can you tell us? what are you seeing? reporter: well, we know that there are six confirmed deaths in virginia, poppy. that s coming from the governor s office, governor rob mcdonald. at least 1 million customers are without power in west virginia and that s a large chunk of the nearly 4 million. the governor has declared a state of emergency due to the severe storms and we note two other deaths and an official said a man was electrocuted after he left his house and a woman in maryland, a 71-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. this is proof of how dangerous the storms can be. you
ago, but the u.s. government is showing no signs of relending. bradley manning was arrested last may, charged with violations of federal criminal and military law. he s been confined to his cell for 23 hours a day. for the one hour aday, he s shackled and taken to a recreation room where he s allowed to walk around, but only alone. he s been repeatedly stripped and forced to sleep naked or in a smock. military officials say that the measures are necessary, baumaning is on prevention of injury watch. but his lawyers say he s not suicidal and brig psychiatrists have said there s no longer a medical reason for him to remain under that watch. throughout all of this manning hasn t been convicted of anything. his trial date hasn t even been set, but he s still being detained like one of our most dang are you convicted criminals. just last month, state department spokesman p.j. crowley said, what is happening is ridiculous, counterproductive